FASEB SRC on Biology and Chemistry of Vision

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是为第14届两年一次的美国实验生物学协会联合会（FASEB）夏季会议提供部分支持，该会议将于2011年6月15日至20日在亚利桑那州的哈弗利举行，主题是“视觉的生物学和化学”。自1985年成立以来，这一直是光感受器生物学领域最重要和最成功的会议之一。2011年的目标是提供一个独特的亲密和互动的论坛，整合跨学科和职业阶段的研究成果和思想，重点是光感受器，它们的下游和上游细胞伙伴，以及影响它们的疾病。会议计划有37位平台演讲者和一位主题演讲者。其中，26位是本次会议的新演讲者（在前两届会议上没有发言），3位是确定的初级研究员，4位将是初级研究员，随着会议的临近而被选中，以突出年轻研究人员令人兴奋的新成果。此外，还将有两个创新的“数据闪电战”会议，在2009年的会议上首次设立，从提交的海报摘要中选择简短的演讲，这将为另外10名初级研究员、学生或博士后提供演讲机会。另一项创新将是“专家见面会”，旨在最大限度地促进高级和初级参与者之间的互动。组织工作将包括努力将妇女、代表性不足的群体成员和残疾人纳入其中。所要求资金的大部分将用于支持初级调查人员和受训人员的参与。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is for partial support of the 14th biennial Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology (FASEB) summer conference on "The Biology and Chemistry of Vision" to be held on June 15-20, 2011 in Carefree, Arizona. Since its inception in 1985, this has been one of the premier and most successful meetings focused on photoreceptor biology. The goals of the 2011 are to provide a uniquely intimate and interactive forum for the integration across disciplines and career stages of research efforts and ideas focused on photoreceptors, their downstream and upstream cellular partners, and the diseases that affect them. The conference is planned to have 37 platform speakers plus a keynote speaker. Of these, 26 are identified speakers who will be new this time (have not spoken in last two conferences), 3 are identified junior investigators, and four will be junior investigators, selected as the meeting approaches, to highlight exciting new results from young researchers. There will also be two innovative" data blitz" sessions, first instituted in the 2009 meeting, with short talks selected from submitted poster abstracts, which will provide speaking opportunities for another 10 junior investigators, students, or postdoctoral fellows. Another innovation will be a "Meet the Experts Session" designed to maximize interactions between senior and junior participants. Organizing will include efforts to optimize the inclusion of women, members of underrepresented groups, and those with disabilities. The lion's share of the requested funding will go to support participation by junior investigators and trainees. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Blindness and visual deficits represent major problems for health and quality of life of the population. Major blinding diseases of the retina, such as retinal degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, are increasing in incidence as the population ages. This conference plays a vital role in integrating the research efforts of leading laboratories focused on the biology and diseases of the retina, so that state-of-the art approaches can be applied to this daunting problem in human health and well-being. Many new ideas for research directions and collaborations are likely to emerge from this conference.